Monday, December 28, 2009

As Thursday night becomes Friday morning this week, we’ll go from New Years Eve to New Years Day. Across much of the country that means fireworks.

Photographing fireworks takes planning and knowledge at anytime, but January 1st in much of North America also means it will be cold. Cold weather offers additional challenges for fireworks photography.

The Getty Museum in Los Angeles has one of the great photographic collections in the world. This exhibition of 40 prints of men, women, and children working include a range of photographic processes from daguerreotypes to gelatin silver prints.This exhibition, In Focus: The Worker, is one of the Getty’s most interesting.

Monday, December 7, 2009

It's the holiday time of the year, time to think about gifts for friends and family who include photographers; beginners, through serious amateurs.

Purchasing photography gifts can be difficult, especially for serious amateurs, as many prefer to carefully choose each component of their "kit" themselves, but I think there are some possibilities that almost any photographer would say, "Thanks very much!"

I'd stay away from choosing cameras, lenses, tripods, most bags, and software, unless you know of a specific item they want, but have held off for some reason. Instead, look for items which could augment already existing equipment or other items which might help.

I have a few choices below that I think most would find very welcome in a wide price range ($18–$300 or more, if you want to go there).

The Florida Museum of Photographic Arts holds some of the best photographic exhibitions in the southern United States. Their current exhibition, Andrea Modica: Flights of the Soul looks like an amazing exhibition of Ms. Modica’s work. While I haven’t seen it yet, having seen her photographic work at the Catherine Edelman Gallery in Chicago, I’m certain this exhibition at the FMPA will be an exciting example of a terrific contemporary US artist.

Ms. Modica has been the recipient of both a Guggenheim Arts Fellowship and a Fulbright-Hays Research Grant. Her work has been on exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art and The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the George Eastman House in Rochester, and The National Museum of American Art in Washington, D.C.

The exhibition runs through January 10, 2010

For more than ten years, Andrea Modica has been photographing a group of children in rural upstate New York. It is here, through a young girl named Barbara and her extended family, that Modica has created an amazing body of her work. Transforming reality into fantasy, Modica creates narratives that seem to have no beginning or end, yet present endless scenarios.

(If you're interested in a private Photowalk or Workshop (Wildlife or Travel type, for your group, please contact me to arrange the session(s).)

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About the NSL Photography Blog™

The NSL Photography™ Blog is primarily devoted to Travel Photography, though other photography discussion will be found here, which may enhance one's travel or travel photography experiences.

Travel, whether on a vacation to the shore, or a "trip of a lifetime" to exotic locations like the Galapagos Islands can be one of the most rewarding experiences we can have, whether we are photographers or not.

About NSL Photography™

NSL Photography™, is the photographic home of Ned S. Levi, a long time professional photographer specializing in travel photography plus corporate photography. Ned is also an active photojournalist.

Today, with so much "eco-travel," travel to see the natural world, travel photography includes making images of all kinds of wildlife, which has been a passion for decades.

In addition to travel and corporate photography, plus photojournalism, Ned works in the areas of architectural, documentation photography, and does limited event photography, mostly for non-profit organizations.

Aside from these areas Ned is involved in photography education, leading workshops on general, travel, and wildlife photography, and leading groups on photo walks.

Ned writes a column about general travel topics, as well as travel photography for Consumer Traveler the oldest continuously published travel news and commentary website on the Internet. You can also find Ned in the Nikonians Forums where he is a moderator of several forums, including the Travel Photography Forum.